Improved tatting-shuttle



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`CHARLES H. SMITH, or BROOKLYN', NewY YORK, 4Assronon To HIMsELr A'ND THEUDORE D. DAY, 0F BERGEN POINT, NEW JERSEY.

Letters Patent No. 106,415, dated August 16, 1870.

IMPROVED TATTING-SHUTTLE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Pat'ent and making part of the same To all whom it hmyconccrn Y Be it known that I, CHARLES ELSXUTH, of Brooklyn, in the county .of Kings and Stare of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in 'Batting-Shuttles; and t-he following is hereby declared to be a correct description thereof'.

The tatting-shuttle in general use consistsot' a block or spool, upon which the thread is wound, placed between and permanently connected to two shells, that compose the case of the shuttle. The operation of winding this shuttle is very tedious and very fttigning to the fingers, as the shuttle has to .be revolved by the fingers ot' one hand, while the thread is guided with the other hand.l

My improvement relates to forming the shuttle so that one of the shells can be removed, to give access to the spool upon which the material is wound, and allow of the winding of said spool in an easy and expeditions manner.'

In the drawing- Figure 1 is av vertical longitudinal section of` my improved hitting-shuttle ;l

Figure 2 is a similar view of a modification of the same; and

Figure 3 is a plan of ,one of the shuttle-shells with its block and spool, said plan lbeing of 4the parts shown in iig. 2. ,i Y

a und b represent the two shells composing the shutt1e-case, and these are to be of the desired material, and of suitable size and shape.

The biock 'cforms part of, or is permanently couneoted to, one of the shells a or l). I have shown it as connected to the shell mand this block is to be provided with a recess, to receive the spring or catch e upon the shell 11, by which the two shells are connected or held together.

By providing afiange, d, upon the block c, as shown in tig. 1, said block becomes a spool, upon which Jthe thread or-other material may he wound; or, if preferred, the. block c may be made, as'i shown in figs. 2 and 3, without the ange, to allow of a removable spool, j', being placed upon the block. This spool may be removed from the block, and the thread wound upon the same inV a manner similar to thewinding of an ordinary spool by hand, or said spool f may be wound, while upon the block c, the same as winding the spool or block c, shown in tig. 1, the :shell a being held in one hand, while the material is wound upon the spoohf 0r c, withthe other hand. V

When the spool c or f is wound, the shell l1 is to be replaced or connected to the block c, which is done by simply placing the spring or catch in its recess e, and pressing the shellstoward each other.

Both shells might be removable, each shell being providedwth a catch or fastening, to connect with the block or spoolc.

A tattiug-shuttle, provided with the removable side or shell, for the purposes set forth.

` Signed by me this 25th day of J une, A. D. 1870.

GHAS. H. SMITH.l

Vitnes'ses:

Guo. D. WALKER, GEO. T. PINCKNEY. 

